Milton Reynolds papers - Archives West

Milton Reynolds papers, between 1936 and 1987?

Overview of the Collection

Creator

Reynolds, Milton, 1892-1976

Title

Milton Reynolds papers

Dates

between 1936 and 1987? (inclusive)

Quantity

approximately 20 cubic feet (38 boxes and 1 vertical file)
18 reels of film, 2 videotapes (VHS), 5 phonograph discs and one sound cassette

Collection Number

1240

Summary

Businessman, explorer who is best known for first mass producing the ball point pen

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Open to all users

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Languages

English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Milton Reynolds (born Milton Reinsberg in Albert Lea, Minnesota, 1892) was from an early period in his life involved in a series of successful business ventures. He is best known for first mass producing the ball point pen in 1945.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Consult the scope and content information for each of the accessions list below.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arranged in four accessions:

Accession no. 1240-001, Milton Reynolds papers, 1937-1969
Accession no. 1240-002, Milton Reynolds audio materials and clipping, undated
Accession no. 1240-004, Milton Reynolds clipping, 1983
Accession no. 1240-005, Milton Reynolds papers, circa 1936-1987

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 1240-001: Milton Reynolds papers, 1937-1969Return to Top

circa 18 cubic feet (36 boxes, 4 phonograph discs, 18 film reels and 2 VHS videotapes)

Arrangement: Arranged in ten series:

Biographical features
Correspondence
Audiovisual materials
Clippings
Scrapbooks
Magazines
Ephemera
Memorabilia
Miscellany
Subject series

Scope and Content: Photographs, films, phonograph records, clippings, scrapbooks, correspondence, biographical and other materials. Subject series include: Olympics, model homes, parties, royal garden party, 75th birthday, Syntex, aviation, Bundi, charities, church plot, circumnaviation, station wagon, golf, inauguration, land, club activities, business and finance, Chase Bank--Paris, patents, Chateau de Mesnil--St. Denis, China expedition, Iran and oil, the pen, and Printasign.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Source: Milton Reynolds, November 1966, September 1969, March 1976, January 1986

Processing Info: The accession 1240-001 is a merger of 0656-001, 0657-001, 1204-001 and 1240-003.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		Biographical features
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	1240-001	My pen in handby Arnold Drake
1/2-16	1240-001	The lucky millionaireby Gordon Schendel
2/1-13	1240-001	The lucky millionarieby Gordon Schendel, continued
		Correspondence General Notes: See also Subject Series and Scrapbooks for further correspondence.
		General correspondence Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically.
Box/Folder	Accession
3/1-3	1240-001	Allen, Charles 66 items	1951-1967, undated
3/4	1240-001	Arnett, Martha 10 items	1963-1967
3/5-7	1240-001	A-C miscellaneous 85 items	1944, 1969, undated
3/8	1240-001	Drake, Arnold 4 items	1961-1964, undated
3/9	1240-001	D miscellaneous 8 items	1955, 1967
3/10	1240-001	Eisenhower, Dwight David 1 item	1955
3/11-12	1240-001	E-F miscellaneous 19 items	1945, 1967
3/13	1240-001	Gerlach, Norman H. 34 items	1962-1969, undated
3/14-15	1240-001	Goldblat Brothers 28 items	1960-1963
3/16	1240-001	G miscellaneous 16 items	1947-1967
3/17	1240-001	Hammer, Armond 6 items	1962-1966, undated
3/18-20	1240-001	H-K miscellaneous 61 items	1947-1969
3/21	1240-001	Lamb, Franklin 9 items	1947-1948, 1965-1966
3/22	1240-001	LeMay, Curtis E. 5 items	1959-1963
3/23	1240-001	L miscellaneous no item count	1947, 1969, undated
3/24-4/1	1240-001	Metcalf, Gordon M. and Marrien (et al) 104 items	1958-1969, undated
4/2	1240-001	M miscellaneous 31 items	no dates given
4/3	1240-001	Nixon, Richard M. and Patricia 3 items	1954-1959, 1967, undated
4/4	1240-001	N-O miscellaneous 6 items	1947, 1967, undated
4/5	1240-001	Padilla-Nervo, Luis 8 items	1945, 1963-1966
4/6	1240-001	Pizitz, Mickey and Bud 6 items	1961-1963, undated
4/7	1240-001	P miscellaneous 12 items	1947, 1966, undated
4/8	1240-001	Reynolds, Fred 11 items	1962, 1965-1967
4/9	1240-001	Reynolds, James M. 23 items	1960-1969
4/10-12	1240-001	Richardson, Frank (Cox Brothers, Limited) 28 items	1958-1967, undated
4/13-15	1240-001	Ronstadt, Alfred 52 items	1951-1966
4/16	1240-001	Rosenberg, Robert L. 27 items	1966-1969
4/17-21	1240-001	Q-W miscellaneous 113 items	1947, 1969, undated
4/22	1240-001	Zubista, Rafael 32 items	1958-1959, undated
4/23	1240-001	Y and Z miscellaneous 10 items	1947-1969, undated
5/1	1240-001	Unidentified 31 items	1965-1969
Box/Folder	Accession
5/2	1240-001	Outgoing letters 54 items General Notes: See also Scrapbooks series for outgoing letters.	1947, 1957-1969, undated
		Invitations General Notes: See also Scrapbooks series for invitations.
Box/Folder	Accession
5/3-4	1240-001	Diplomatic circa 100 items	undated
5/5-6	1240-001	Non-diplomatic circa 100 items	undated
		Audiovisual materials
		Audiotapes and records
Box	Accession
6	1240-001	Miscellaneous audio tapes and dicatphone discs 23 items
Disc box 2	1240-001	"Pen Spot Announcements" 1 phonograph disc
Disc box 2	1240-001	"Christmas Message" 1 phonograph disc
Disc box 2	1240-001	"Reynolds Pen Co. Tries to get a Radio Program" 1 phonograph disc
Disc box 2	1240-001	"Reynolds in Paris" 1 phonograph disc
		Films General Notes: A selection of these films have been transferred to videotape (VHS).
		Around the World Record Flight in Reynolds Bombshell 1 reel : 16 mm	undated
		Bundi and Big Game 1 reel : 16 mm	undated
		China Expedition, unnumbered 1 reel : 16 mm	undated
		China Expedition, reel 4 1 reel : 16 mm	circa 1947
		China Expedition, reels 6-9 4 reels : 16 mm General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 56).	circa 1947
		Flying Round World Commercial 1 reel : 16 mm	undated
		Milton Reynolds Day, Albert Lea, Minnesota 1 reel : 16 mm Scope and Content: The Chamber of Commerce of Albert Lea and its citizend present Milton Reynolds Day, June 1947. Also contains a compilation of a variety of newsreel and promotional footage about Milton Reynolds flight around the world. General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 56).	circa 1947
		Miscellaneous personal film 1 reel : 16 mm Scope and Content: Synopsis: Daschund walking towards the camera, rolling over to be petted; Irish setter with daschund; a couple and a small boy; shots of a large house with terraces; more footage of the dogs with a boy. General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 56).	circa 1947
		Milton Reynolds on Television at Poor Richard Club, Philadelphia 1 reel : 16 mm Scope and Content: WFIL television newsreel interview. General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 56).	circa 1948
		Reynolds Record Flight Around the World 1 reel : 16 mm	1948
		Tourist in Mexico 1 reel : 16 mm Scope and Content: Profile of American expatriots living in Mexico. Outlook NBC. Sunday, February 17, 1957. Chet Huntley, commentator. General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 57).	circa 1957
		Miscellaneous travel films 4 reels : 8 mm Scope and Content: Reel one synopsis: Travels through what appears to be India. Village scenes, temples, Reynolds with monkeys. Double exposure of boxing match and street scenes. Parade, performance in the street. Little blonde girl wearing a white dress and veil, carrying bouquet of flowers, walking around a well-appointed home. Sightseeing in an ancient temple. Reel two synopsis: Travels in France. Aeroport de Paris. Pan Am flight lands and people deplane. Ancient ruins (China? Hong Kong?), on water in boat. Young blonde girl wearing veil (same footage as in reel one). India (?) Sightseeing, buildings, temples, streetscenes, markets. Woman and two children playing in sand on beach. Baseball game, playing on the beach, horeseback riding. Large house [Reynolds' house in Mexico?]. Little girl in white dress wearing veil. Reel three synopsis: Travels through American Southwest. Golfing. Someone holding a title card: " Crosley Field/1958/The Cincinnati Baseball Club Company" [Illustrated character of a baseball head]. Baseball game. Travels in Mexico[?], picnic, picking a fruit or nut from a tree, young woman and little girl, dachsund. Reel four synopsis: Title: " Lurline arrival in Hawaii" . Cruise ship; tourism in Hawaii; lava flow, volcanic eruption, burning houses and trees. General Notes: Transferred to videotape (VHS 57).	circa 1958
box:oversize	Accession
33	1240-001	Maps
		Photo albums
Box	Accession
29	1240-001	Reynolds Sleeps His Way Around the World in 1949
29	1240-001	Milton Reynolds Residence in Mexico City
29	1240-001	Chateau Le Mesnil, St. Denis
29	1240-001	Un petit Sovenir of Montartre
29	1240-001	Chateau Du Mesnil - Saint Denis
		Photographs
Box/Folder	Accession
9/1	1240-001	Portrait of Reynolds
9/3	1240-001	H.S. Truman and M. Reynolds
9/4	1240-001	Negatives of Madame Chiag Kai-Skek and Reynolds
9/5	1240-001	Madame Chiag Kai-Skek and Reynolds
9/6	1240-001	Miscellaneous Landings (airplane)
9/7	1240-001	Bill Odom's Flight Round the World. Sale of Bombshell Pens
9/8	1240-001	House
9/9	1240-001	Friends - prior to inception of Reynolds Pen Co.
10	1240-001	Reynolds China expedition and flight around the world 3 small albums and packet of small photos
11/1	1240-001	Fan mail
11/2	1240-001	Acapulco house
12	1240-001	Miscellanous
box:oversize
13	1240-001	Miscellaneous
		Clippings
Box/Folder	Accession
7/1 - 8/6	1240-001	Dated	1945-1967
8/7	1240-001	Undated
8/8-10	1240-001	News clippings
8/11	1240-001	Chicago Sun clippings	1947
box:oversize
35	1240-001	"Tribune Napolean Page"
		Scrapbooks General Notes: See also Subject series for more scrapbooks
box:oversize	Accession
27	1240-001	Milton Reynolds personal letters Scope and Content: Includes letters from D.D. Eisenhower, H.S. Truman, W.A. Harriman, R.M. Nixon, etc. -- largely dealing with pen promotion.
28	1240-001	Scrapbook of invitations	undated
Box
29	1240-001	Milton Reynolds Day, Albert Lea, Minnesota
29	1240-001	Odom killed Scope and Content: Includes photographs.
29	1240-001	Milton Reynolds miscellaneous
box:oversize
30	1240-001	Photostatic copies of scrapbook
		Magazines
Box/Folder	Accession
14	1240-001	A-R
15	1240-001	S-T
15	1240-001	Miscellaneous magazines 1 bound volume
		Ephemera
Box/Folder	Accession
5/9	1240-001	Business cards
15/1	1240-001	Prospectuses
5/7-8	1240-001	Publicity
15/2	1240-001	" Milton Reynolds March" original score
15/3	1240-001	Rocketing Round the Worldby Milton Reynolds	1947
16/1	1240-001	To the Moon and Halfway Backby Roger Q. Williams	1949
16/2-4	1240-001	Miscellaneous
17	1240-001	Miscellaneous items : Bound
		Memorabilia Scope and Content: Pens and lighters. General Notes: Memorabilia missing as of October 2008.
Box/Folder	Accession
18/1-4	1240-001	Miscellany
		Subject series
		Model homes
Box/Folder	Accession
19/2	1240-001	Outgoing letters 1 item	1957
19/3	1240-001	Photographs 6 items
19/4	1240-001	Floor plans 2 items
19/5	1240-001	Notes 4 items
		Parties
Box/Folder	Accession
19/6	1240-001	General correspondence 24 items	1959-1965, n.d.
19/7	1240-001	Lists	circa 1960-1963, n.d.
19/8	1240-001	Invitations 10 items	1960-1962
19/9	1240-001	Photographs 2 items
19/10	1240-001	Clippings
19/11	1240-001	Ephemera
		Royal garden party
Box/Folder	Accession
19/12	1240-001	General correspondence 3 items	1965
19/13	1240-001	Photographs 6 items
		75th birthday
Box/Folder	Accession
19/14	1240-001	Incoming letters 13 items	1967
19/15	1240-001	Outgoing letters 1 item	1967
19/16	1240-001	Birthday congratulations 27 items
19/17	1240-001	Lists 1 item
19/18	1240-001	Name tags 3 items
19/19	1240-001	Clippings
		Syntex
Box/Folder	Accession
20/1	1240-001	Incoming letters
20/2	1240-001	Clippings
		Aviation
Box/Folder	Accession
20/3	1240-001	Outgoing letters (telegrams) 2 items	1967
20/4	1240-001	Lists 1 item	1946
20/5	1240-001	Ephemera
20/6	1240-001	Miscellany
		Bundi
Box/Folder	Accession
20/7-8	1240-001	General correspondence 88 items	1950-1966
20/9	1240-001	Photographs 32 items	1952, n.d.
Box
31	1240-001	Bundi photo album
Box/Folder
20/10	1240-001	Maps 3 items
20/11	1240-001	Clippings
20/12	1240-001	Miscellany 8 items
		Charities
Box/Folder	Accession
20/13	1240-001	General correspondence 5 items	1952, 1965
20/14	1240-001	Miscellany 3 items
		Church plot
Box/Folder	Accession
20/15	1240-001	Plans and diagrams 3 items
		Circumnavigation General Notes: See boxes 33, 34, 35 - clippings scrapbooks
Box/Folder	Accession
20/16-17	1240-001	General correspondence 47 items	1949-1965
20/18	1240-001	Writings of Reynolds 3 items	1951, n.d.
20/19	1240-001	Writings of others 8 items	1952, 1960
20/20	1240-001	Itineraries 4 items	1948, 1959
20/21	1240-001	Photographs
box:oversize
35	1240-001	Photo Album - "Groups of photos divided by red tape"
Box/Folder
20/22	1240-001	Maps 2 items
20/23	1240-001	Clippings
		Clippings -mounted General Notes: No mounted clipping folder labeled #3 exists
box-folder:oversize	Accession
35/1	1240-001	"Before flight, #1"
35/2	1240-001	"During flight, #2"
35/3	1240-001	"Foreign, #4"
35/4	1240-001	"Up-to-date #5"
box:oversize	Accession
36	1240-001	Scrapbook - "U.S. clippings during and after record flight in Reynolds Bombshell, private plane"
36	1240-001	Scrapbook - "Reynolds record world flight clippings from 68 foreign countries"
Box/Folder
20/24	1240-001	Ephemera 5 items
20/25	1240-001	Miscellany
		Station wagon
Box/Folder	Accession
20/26	1240-001	Incoming letters 1 item	1966
		Golf
Box/Folder	Accession
21/1-2	1240-001	General correspondence 80 items	1951, n.d.
21/3	1240-001	Reports 1 item	1966
21/4-5	1240-001	Programs 6 items	1962-1966, n.d.
21/6	1240-001	Lists 15 items
21/7	1240-001	Clippings
21/8	1240-001	Magazines 3 items
21/9	1240-001	Miscellany
		Inauguration
Box/Folder	Accession
21/10	1240-001	Incoming letters 1 item	1969
21/11-12	1240-001	Memorabilia 20 items	1969
21/13	1240-001	Clippings
		Land
Box/Folder	Accession
21/14-15	1240-001	General correspondence 38 items	1955, 1967, n.d.
21/16	1240-001	Writings of others 1 item	1967
21/17	1240-001	Financial records 7 items
21/18	1240-001	Newsletters 6 items
21/19	1240-001	Photographs 4 items
21/20	1240-001	Map 1 item
21/21	1240-001	Receipts 15 items
21/23	1240-001	Ephemera
21/24	1240-001	Miscellany
		Club activities
Box/Folder	Accession
21/25	1240-001	Incoming letters 3 items	1949, 1959, 1964
21/26	1240-001	Miscellany
		Business and finance
Box/Folder	Accession
22/1	1240-001	Reports 2 items	1946, 1950
22/2	1240-001	Ephemera
22/3	1240-001	Miscellany
		Chase Bank - Paris
Box/Folder	Accession
22/4-5	1240-001	General correspondence 53 items	1946, 1949, n.d.
22/6	1240-001	Monthly statements	1947-1948
22/7	1240-001	Miscellany
		Patents
Box/Folder	Accession
22/8	1240-001	General correspondence 13 items	1923, 1944
22/9	1240-001	Agreements 8 items
22/10	1240-001	U.S. patent 1 item	1936
22/11	1240-001	Draft of patent description 1 item
22/12	1240-001	United Kingdom patent 4 items	1937
22/13	1240-001	Canadian patent 1 item	1938
22/14	1240-001	Drawings and photographs 7 items
22/15	1240-001	Assignment of patent 1 item	1937
22/16	1240-001	Copyright certificate 1 item	1943
22/17	1240-001	Miscellany
		Chateau de Mesnil-Saint Denis
Box/Folder	Accession
22/18	1240-001	Incoming letters 2 items	1947, 1955
22/19	1240-001	Writing 1 item	n.d.
22/20	1240-001	Plan 1 item
22/21	1240-001	Description of chateau 1 item
22/22	1240-001	Photographs 13 items
22/23	1240-001	Clippings
		China expedition
Box/Folder	Accession
23/1-10	1240-001	General correspondence 247 items	1947, 1948, n.d.
23/11	1240-001	Memoranda 26 items	1947-1948, n.d.
23/12	1240-001	Digests of phone conversations 10 items	1947-1948, 1970
23/13	1240-001	News releases 3 items	1947, n.d.
23/14	1240-001	Broadcast excerpt 2 items	1947
23/15	1240-001	Agreements (microfilm copies, box 6) 13 items	1947, 1948
23/16	1240-001	Writings China Explorer 74 pages	n.d.
23/17	1240-001	Writings of others The Milton Reynolds China Expeditionby W.T. Bannon
23/18	1240-001	Map 1 item
23/19	1240-001	Photographs 18 items
23/20	1240-001	Photographs - "Dups on Chinese Expedition"
32	1240-001	Scrapbooks - "Milton Reynolds, China Explorer" 4 volumes
34	1240-001	Scrapbook - "The Milton Reynolds Boston Museum. Expedition to Measure World's Highest Mountain in Chinese Tibet" 1 volume
23/21-22	1240-001	Clippings
23/23	1240-001	Ephemera
23/24	1240-001	Miscellany
		Iran and oil
Box/Folder	Accession
24/1-9	1240-001	General correspondence 147 items	1956-1966, n.d.
24/10-12	1240-001	Reports - Tehran/Iran project 5 volumes	1956
24/13	1240-001	Reports - Colorado fuel and iron 1 item	1956
24/14	1240-001	Writings 1 item	n.d.
24/15	1240-001	Digests of phone conversations 2 items	1956, n.d.
24/16	1240-001	Proposals 3 items	1956
24/17	1240-001	Agreements 1 item	1956
24/18	1240-001	Stock certificate copies 6 items
24/19	1240-001	Photographs 8 items
24/20	1240-001	Legislation 2 items	1955-1957
24/21	1240-001	Map 1 item
24/22	1240-001	Clippings
24/23	1240-001	Ephemera
24/24	1240-001	Miscellany
		Pen
Box/Folder	Accession
25/1	1240-001	By-laws and articles of incorporation 30 items	1933-1934
25/2-4	1240-001	General correspondence 103 items	1945, 1962-1965, n.d.
25/5	1240-001	Minutes 2 items	1947
25/6	1240-001	Financial records 9 items	1946-1958
25/7	1240-001	Writings 7 items	1947, 1985-1986
25/8	1240-001	Agreements 1 item	1956
25/9	1240-001	Testimonials 54 items	1946, n.d.
25/10	1240-001	Advertising 6 items
25/11	1240-001	Photographs - "Photos of operations in the pen factory, 1550 N. Frement" 57 items
25/12	1240-001	Photographs - "Intro of pen" 78 items
25/13	1240-001	Photographs - "Pen" 42 items
25/14	1240-001	Cartoons
29	1240-001	Scrapbook - "Pen clippings" 1 folder
29	1240-001	Scrapbook - "Pen History in cartoons" 1 folder
25/15	1240-001	Clippings
25/16	1240-001	Ephemera
25/17	1240-001	Miscellany
		Printasign
Box/Folder	Accession
26/1-3	1240-001	General correspondence 25 items	1939, 1965-1969, n.d.
26/4	1240-001	Minutes and stock certificates 1 item	1934-1946
26/5	1240-001	Financial records 1 item	1964, 1965
26/6	1240-001	Writings 1 item	n.d.
26/7-8	1240-001	Promotional material 3 items
26/9	1240-001	Photographs 4 items
26/10	1240-001	Mechanical designs (typewriter) 1 item	1944
26/11	1240-001	Lists 1 item
26/12	1240-001	Clippings
26/13	1240-001	Ephemera
26/14	1240-001	Miscellany

Accession No. 1240-002: Milton Reynolds audio materials and clipping, undatedReturn to Top

1 sound disc, 1 sound cassette (copy) and 1 clipping

Scope and Content: Recording of the Rocket Song, from the advertising campaign of the Rocket ball point pen. Record was copied onto tape cassette.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Acquisition Info: Donated by Milton Reynolds, 11/1/1979.

Accession No. 1240-004: Milton Reynolds clipping, 1983Return to Top

1 vertical file

Scope and Content: 1983 clipping regarding the Reynolds ballpoint pen company. Covering letter comments on statements in the article.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users

Acquisition Info: Donated by James M. Reynolds, 7/14/1983

Accession No. 1240-005: Reynolds Milton papers, circa 1936-1987Return to Top

2 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Detailed curriculum vitae 1892-1966, correspondence, lists, financial records, notes, clippings, photographs, ephemera, subject series.

Restrictions on Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Milton Reynolds, 6/22/1988.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Ball-point pens xHistory

Personal Names

Bennahum, Theodore
Lamb, Franklin
Levi, Julian, 1874-1971
Maharaja of Bundi
Reynolds, Milton--Archives

Other Creators

Personal Names
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 (creator)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (creator)
Corporate Names
- Reynolds International Pen Co (creator)
- Reynolds Printasign Co (creator)

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Archives West Finding Aid

Table of Contents

Milton Reynolds papers, between 1936 and 1987?

Overview of the Collection

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Accession No. 1240-001: Milton Reynolds papers, 1937-1969Return to Top

Accession No. 1240-002: Milton Reynolds audio materials and clipping, undatedReturn to Top

Accession No. 1240-004: Milton Reynolds clipping, 1983Return to Top

Accession No. 1240-005: Reynolds Milton papers, circa 1936-1987Return to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Personal Names

Other Creators

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

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